Parallel structure:

That is, parallel structure: two or more equivalent language components are connected by a coordinating conjunction to form a parallel. Parallel structures should be the juxtaposition of nouns and nouns, adverbs and adverbs, participles and participles, infinitives and infinitives, verbs and verbs, sentences and sentences, etc., and one concept cannot be expressed with a participle structure while the other concept uses an infinitive. or clause to express.

Parallel structure is an expansion level in English learning. Once you master it, your language sense will be greatly improved. For example, former US President Kennedy's famous saying: And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. This parallel structure is used.

There are too many parallel structures in New Three, let’s take a look:

Lesson 15: George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm through the drain cover.

Lesson 27: He may hunt, beg, or steal occasionally to keep himself alive; he may even, in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his freedom.

Lesson 37: Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be canceled because of bad weather, but trains must be on time.

Lesson 47: Lawn mowers Whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume.

Elliptical structure:

According to grammatical analysis, the elements that a sentence should have sometimes do not appear in the sentence due to rhetorical needs. This kind of sentence is called an elliptical sentence ( elliptical sentences) Although it omits the components required for the grammatical construction of the sentence, it can still express its complete meaning.

Lesson 27: In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.

In this place, the author omits the following Live in the branch, but it should be noted that live can only be omitted, but the small preposition by cannot be omitted. The British writer Bacon also used the rhetorical technique of ellipsis in his "On Reading".

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

The omitted sentences in English use couplets, which are concise and concise, and play a certain modification role, but the omission must be based on habits, language content and context. I hope students can accumulate more sentences like this in their daily reading.